diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
index 27c38f1ddb8..a9639b0b750 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.cpp
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ void AndroidManager::installQASIPackage(Target *target, const FilePath &packageP
     QStringList arguments = AndroidDeviceInfo::adbSelector(deviceSerialNumber);
     arguments << "install" << "-r " << packagePath.path();
     QString error;
-    QProcess *process = runAdbCommandDetached(arguments, &error);
+    QProcess *process = startAdbProcess(arguments, &error);
     if (process) {
         // TODO: Potential leak when the process is still running on Creator shutdown.
         QObject::connect(process, &QProcess::finished, process, &QObject::deleteLater);
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ bool AndroidManager::checkCertificateExists(const FilePath &keystorePath,
     return proc.result() == ProcessResult::FinishedWithSuccess;
 }
 
-QProcess *AndroidManager::runAdbCommandDetached(const QStringList &args, QString *err)
+QProcess *AndroidManager::startAdbProcess(const QStringList &args, QString *err)
 {
     std::unique_ptr<QProcess> p(new QProcess);
     const FilePath adb = AndroidConfigurations::currentConfig().adbToolPath();
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
index fdb0973d9bc..772f3da5dc9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidmanager.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public:
     static bool checkCertificateExists(const Utils::FilePath &keystorePath,
                                        const QString &keystorePasswd, const QString &alias);
 
-    static QProcess *runAdbCommandDetached(const QStringList &args, QString *err = nullptr);
+    static QProcess *startAdbProcess(const QStringList &args, QString *err = nullptr);
     static SdkToolResult runAdbCommand(const QStringList &args, const QByteArray &writeData = {},
                                        int timeoutS = 30);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
index 3be19a69fad..f8dd558b224 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidrunnerworker.cpp
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ bool AndroidRunnerWorker::startDebuggerServer(const QString &packageDir,
                        << "platform"
                        // << "--server"  // Can lead to zombie servers
                        << "--listen" << QString("*:%1").arg(m_localDebugServerPort.toString());
-        m_debugServerProcess.reset(AndroidManager::runAdbCommandDetached(lldbServerArgs, &lldbServerErr));
+        m_debugServerProcess.reset(AndroidManager::startAdbProcess(lldbServerArgs, &lldbServerErr));
 
         if (!m_debugServerProcess) {
             qCDebug(androidRunWorkerLog) << "Debugger process failed to start" << lldbServerErr;
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ bool AndroidRunnerWorker::startDebuggerServer(const QString &packageDir,
         gdbServerErr += adbArgs;
         gdbServerErr << debugServerFile
                      << "--multi" << "+" + gdbServerSocket;
-        m_debugServerProcess.reset(AndroidManager::runAdbCommandDetached(gdbServerErr, &gdbProcessErr));
+        m_debugServerProcess.reset(AndroidManager::startAdbProcess(gdbServerErr, &gdbProcessErr));
 
         if (!m_debugServerProcess) {
             qCDebug(androidRunWorkerLog) << "Debugger process failed to start" << gdbServerErr;
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ void AndroidRunnerWorker::onProcessIdChanged(PidUserPair pidUser)
         logcatReadStandardOutput();
         QTC_ASSERT(!m_psIsAlive, /**/);
         QStringList isAliveArgs = selector() << "shell" << pidPollingScript.arg(m_processPID);
-        m_psIsAlive.reset(AndroidManager::runAdbCommandDetached(isAliveArgs));
+        m_psIsAlive.reset(AndroidManager::startAdbProcess(isAliveArgs));
         QTC_ASSERT(m_psIsAlive, return);
         m_psIsAlive->setObjectName("IsAliveProcess");
         m_psIsAlive->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);